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Radio
the industry
Feb. 16, 2024
How Long Will Country Radio Want Beyoncé? “Texas Hold ’Em” is where the challenge begins — not for her as much as country music itself.
Wait, Was DJ Envy Part of a Ponzi Scheme? The “Breakfast Club” co-host’s business partner has been arrested for wire fraud.
By Justin Curto
a long talk
July 19, 2023
Ira Glass Just Wants to Make a Decent Show The pioneering radio host reflects on the legacy — and business — of This American Life 800 episodes in.
By Nicholas Quah
the breakfast club
Mar. 30, 2023
The Breakfast Club Is Bringing the Morning Mess to BETMaking the show — already syndicated in over 90 radio markets — practically inescapable.
By Zoe Guy
Clay Pigeon Is Happy to Be Awake and on the Air at 6 A.M. “Without my wife, I might not work at WFMU. I realized there’s tons of other guys with the same story in New York. Wives are the ones making bread.”
By Emily Gould
justice for nope
Jan. 25, 2023
The Writers Guild Awards Give Nope Its Due Meanwhile in animation, The Simpsons is nominated for three episodes.
By Bethy Squires
Iconic Radio DJ Art Laboe Dead at 97 He popularized the phrase “oldies but goodies.”
By Alejandra Gularte
misleading announcements
Aug. 10, 2022
‘The Breakfast Club’ Is Officially Over — But Just ‘As You Know It’ Specifically, Angela Yee will be leaving as co-host to start her own show.
By Zoe Guy
total request live
June 29, 2022
By Bethy Squires
cancellations
Mar. 10, 2022
Nick Cannon’s Daytime Talk Show Canceled Less Than Six Months After Starting Nick Cannon is canceled, as in shut down, not canceled, as in when Nick Cannon made anti-Semitic comments and still got a TV show.
By Rebecca Alter
a long talk
June 10, 2021
It’s Peter Rosenberg’s Job to Be Polarizing The HOT 97 host on his debut album and remaining one of hip-hop radio’s key voices, hate him or hate to love him.
By Craig Jenkins
superlatives
Apr. 28, 2021
Ghostface Killah on the Most Memorable Moments of His Incomparable Career “I’d rather take the movie route or paint-the-picture route before I give you a bunch of street raps.”
By Craig Jenkins
bbc radio 1
Apr. 20, 2021
Annie Mac to Exit BBC Radio One After 17 Years Clara Amfo is the new host of their flagship music show, Future Sounds.
By Zoe Haylock
you heard this one?
Aug. 24, 2020
The Brilliant Intimacy of Radio Sketch Comedy Is Underappreciated For all the comedy available these days, nothing hits quite like a gag that is heard, but not seen.
By Sam Corbin
Miranda Lambert’s First No. 1 in 6 Years Sets Record for Women in Country The last year that more than five different women hit No. 1 at country radio was 2010.
By Justin Curto
Andrew Cuomo Says ‘N—’ on the Radio, Still Unclear Why The governor was describing a New York Times op-ed that had nothing to do with what he was discussing.
By Zak Cheney-Rice
Krista Tippet Is a Religion The ‘On Being’ host has become the guru to “spiritual but not religious” seekerdom — and made NPR the center of a new New Age.
By Amy Larocca
How Phil Hendrie Transforms Stupidity Into Brilliant Comedy Comedian Jon Glaser breaks down what makes Hendrie such a funny genius.
By Bethy Squires
actually good things
Dec. 17, 2018
Everyone Loves This Story About Charles Barkley’s Unlikely Bond With a Scientist Shirley Wang’s story about her father’s unexpected friendship with Barkley is going viral.
By Lisa Ryan
Looking Back at Alan Partridge’s First Show: 25 Years of Alan Partridge […] There is a chance, especially if you are living in America, that you may not know who Alan Partridge is. Played by Steve Coogan, Partridge is […]
By Ramsey Ess
in conversation
Jan. 10, 2018
Terry Gross on the Art of the Q&A and the Guest That Most Surprised Her “If you’re willing,” says the Fresh Air host, “you can get an interview to a pretty real emotional place.”
By David Marchese
A Prairie Home Companion Has a New Name Following Garrison Keillor’s RemovalMinnesota Public Radio and American Public Media planned the change after severing ties with the former radio host last month.
By Halle Kiefer
select all
Sept. 28, 2017
FCC Asks Apple to Activate FM Radio Chip That Doesn’t Exist The secret FM radio in your phone could save your life. If Apple will turn it on.
By Paris Martineau
Britain’s TV and Radio Stations Already Have Meticulous Plan for Queen’s Death “There will only be the subtlest of indications, at first, that something is going on.”
By Devon Ivie
high-stress jobs
Feb. 3, 2017
Howard Stern: The Presidency Could Be ‘Detrimental’ to Trump’s Mental Health “Because he wants to be liked, he wants to be loved. He wants people to cheer for him.”
By Jackson McHenry
Craig Ferguson to Host a Live Weekday SiriusXM Show From His House Former Late Late Show host Craig Ferguson is headed to SiriusXM. According to Variety, SiriusXM has set a deal with Ferguson to host a live, […]
By Megh Wright
the urbanist
Dec. 15, 2016
The Globalization of Local Radio Donga shows in Darwin, Australia, choro deep cuts in Rio, and shipping-container electronica in Brooklyn.
By Ben Ellman
the case against the media
July 25, 2016
The Case Against the Media, by the Media A damning self-examination, with some uplift thrown in.
By The Editors
the streaming wars
July 13, 2016
By Dee Lockett
Cause Trouble and Sell Tickets: Louis CK on the Radio, 2004-2014
Trawling YouTube is a weekly look at one interesting story or oddity from YouTube. You ever go down a YouTube rabbit hole and suddenly you’ve […]
By Eddie Brawley
important radio news
May 24, 2016
By Devon Ivie
‘Flywheel, Shyster and Flywheel’: The Lost Radio Show of Groucho and Chico
We live in an era in which the idea of a “lost” TV show has completely vanished. I mean, I guess you could have a hard drive crash or […]
By Ramsey Ess
How Charlamagne Became Tha God of Hip-Hop Radio What do Hillary Clinton, Martin Shkreli, and Kanye West have in common? They’ve all been interrogated by Charlamagne, hip-hop’s puckish Howard Stern.
By Mark Jacobson
Marbles in the Ass: A Brief Look Into the Hilarious History of The […]
Trawling YouTube is a weekly look at one interesting story or oddity from YouTube. You ever go down a YouTube rabbit hole and suddenly you’ve […]
By Eddie Brawley
Jian Ghomeshi Found Not Guilty of Sexual Assault A judge cleared the former CBC host of all charges.
By Nate Jones
Fred Allen, King of Radio, Takes on Television If you’ve never heard of Fred Allen, “cranky” might be a good introductory word. From 1933-1949 he was one of the comedian kings of radio, but […]
By Ramsey Ess
howard stern
Dec. 15, 2015
By Halle Kiefer
Stephen Colbert Does Some Rolling Stones Karaoke on ‘The Howard Stern Show’ Here’s a clip from Stephen Colbert’s visit to today’s Howard Stern Show, where he briefly relived his days as member of a not-so-great Rolling […]
By Megh Wright
fun summer things!
July 22, 2015
By Adam K. Raymond
Playful Speakers Made for the Beach Turn your little patch of sand into a party.
By Emilie Moy
Patrice O’Neal Is Mother Theresa: The Fast-Track to Comedy Sainthood On his album Mr. P, Patrice O’Neal asks an audience member his name, and the man responds “Tolu.” O’Neal is caught off guard and pauses, and […]
By Eddie Brawley
A Short History of Opie & Anthony’s Jocktober Each day in Jocktober, which takes place in October, Opie & Anthony producer Sam Roberts picks a different radio show from around the country […]
By Eddie Brawley
Hear a Track From Scharpling & Wurster’s Box Set “Darren Greasy Funk,” along with commentary from the comedy duo.
By Scharpling & Wurster
‘The Stan Freberg Show’: Radio’s Last Comedy Series
The Paley Center for Media, which has locations in both New York and LA, dedicates itself to the preservation of television and radio history. […]
By Ramsey Ess
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